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December 7, 2021
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Expand Appearance No Longer Working in Illustrator 2022

  • December 7, 2021
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Is anyone experiencing Expand or Expand Appearance not working in both 2021 and 2022 version of Illustrator? Mine just stoped working out of the blue for no apparent reason. Can no longer change strokes to shapes, etc. Not a layer locked issue. Have tried multiple different files. Tested simple shapes and strokes. The dialog box will come up, but when you hit OK, it simply does nothing. Installed older version as well to see if it would work and doesn't work in it either. Have not yet trashed preferences but will try that next and a reinstall of 2022.

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Doug A Roberts
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December 7, 2021

Please show the appearance panel for that object.

Participating Frequently
December 7, 2021

 did a test of two seperate shapes. The top pink one Expand function worked. The bottom green one it does not. There must be something going on with the shape I'm missing.